Music in our life

A few words about music, which play a very important part in young people’s lives. Are you musical? As for me I dote on music and take delight at it. Have an ear for music? I haven’t to my regret but I can tell the tuneful and appealing music and hear when it is richly colored. I like when the music is sweet and deep and goes to the heart. I admire the works which are known as a monument of genius and whose sonatas astonish by their originality and depth. I appreciate the classical music as well as pop, rock, jazz and blues. Rock is certainly more popular than classical music. Russian pop groups who play original music and meaningful texts have an especially large following. I’m indifferent to the music of not particularly high order, to stark and cold one. I don’t like to hear the music sound scrappy and when it bores everybody to distraction. Sometimes musicians resort to noise and claptrap and it grates upon the nerves. Serious and popular music can in no case be substituted by one another. Actually the music reflects the characteristics of its country. There are kind of music that very few like and it happens the music to be somewhat archaic.

I love music, I think that people can’t live without music. It is an important part of life of people. The first thing I do in the morning, when I do my morning exercises, I switch on my cassette-player or a computer with my records. We can hear music from morning till night everywhere: in the streets, in the shops, in the transport, in the cars, on TV and on the radio. I think that it doesn’t matter what kind of music people prefer: rock, pop, jazz, folk or classical. We buy tapes, go to the concerts, the Concert Halls and Opera Theatre. I enjoy listening to music because it reflects my mood and emotions. Very often when I’m blue, I simply sink into music, I’m just immersed in it, and feel much better. I prefer to listen to my favorite merry, emotional melodies and songs. I like watching music programmes on TV and to know more and more about popular talented singers. Walls of my room are covered with posters of “Scorpions”, “Roxette” and others. Some people go to music schools and play musical instruments: piano, guitar, violin and others , and they sing in chorus, try to compose music. Now people play electronic musical instruments and I like how they sound. Sometimes I attend music halls and the concerts, when popular groups are here and if I am in cash.

My favorite singers are … .

My favorite musical groups are … .

I know such great Russian composers as … .

English musicians and singers: the Beatles, … .

American musicians and singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Luis Armstrong … .

There are the Conservatoire, the Opera theatre, the Operetta Theatre, concert halls in our city.

Unfortunately there are many ungifted singers on the stage and to have a good producer doesn’t mean to have good ears and voice. I suppose that only talented people can claim to be singers or composers of unusual genius. The popularity of some performers is growing with bounds and leaps. One striking feature of their music is the extraordinary variety. Their mastery is all-embracing. They are the most modern among the moderns. Their music is called the music of the future. And if we are to believe the critics they are not charlatans in music. Such performers are artists, every inch of them. To many people the genius is an enigma. I didn’t go to music school and can’t play any musical instruments. I think that it is not so easy to learn to play a musical instrument. I like to listen to music. Music will not be my profession. It’s just my hobby.

My day off

I wouldn’t say that my day off capacities are great, I usually manage a day off in a rather typical way. First of all I know how to keep house but I’m not a great partisan of order. My day off is a nice opportunity to put the apartment straight and fix up my own room. I get up at 12 o’clock in the afternoon at that day and every time I understand to my delight that fortunately my domestic duties are not numerous. They don’t take much of my time cause my Mom set the flat in order and excellently does up everything that wants tiding up. She likes when the floor shines.

So I switch on my computer with the recordings and my day off starts. If the telecasts are good I listen to them with half an ear going on with my job. When a good music is on the air my radio is tuned in to it as well. Actually any day off is splendid. One needn’t rush to school and get up as soon as it is daylight. I am fond of reading and sometimes I can read late into the night. At a time when all are asleep it seems so quiet that I indulge in reading.

At times we have people to dinner and I like when all is arranged to a nicety. I look forward to the party in a fever of anticipation. My mother is a fine host and time never hangs heavily or drags as slow as ever. I especially like a hen party like most males prefer stag ones. A surprise party or a tacky party are also of a great pleasure. I like to dance. I attended ball dances for 10 years. Dancing is such a fascinating sort of recreation I must say. Waltz, tango, modern dances are rather tricky you know. I like to watch the pairs gracefully waltzing around, particularly I appreciate TV programmes showing the world dancing competitions. Going to a museum is marvelous too. Concerts, cinema and theater are too lovely for words. I enjoy them immensely.

I also have some shopping to do during my day off. Though sometimes I like to go about window shopping only when this or that good is too high a price, and I am pressed for money. I am just out of cash at these moments. I adore restaurants too. I’m not a big eater but I do justice to the meal. Delicious dinner in a restaurant is much better than a scratch dinner at home I dare say. I like to see the table groaning with food. But from time to time I have to keep to a diet and I am without a bite all day. No food passes my lips that day. Unfortunately I can’t always afford much eating not to put on weight.

The better part of my day off is devoted to relaxation and rest. And when the day is gone I often take on a healthy colour and feel cheerful. Towards evening I am a relief to the eye to look at and seem to be in high spirits. Things don’t look nasty for me and I’m not concerned about the future.